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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover. Encyclopedia Britannica 1977 21st Printing. This volume is like new inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean with no markings seen. The bindings are tight and straight, like new. Brown hardcover boards with green trim and gold lettering along spine are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5". 1085 pages.
Great Books of the Western World by Encyclopedia Britannica was originally published in 1952 as a 54 volume set. The idea of the series was to present great books of the western world that were relevant to contemporary matters with important historical content. They were intended to be part of a conversation about great ideas and literature. They were re-issued in 1990 in a 60 volume set with some titles added and some titles left out. The idea for the series began at the University of Chicago where a course was developed with the idea of a round table approach for reading and discussing great books. The purpose was to fill the gaps in education and afford a well-rounded intellect familiar with the great works of the Western Canon along with great ideas.
Initial reception was poor but the first sets were gifted to Queen Elizabeth ll of England and President Harry Truman. Time magazine did a piece on the set featuring Mortimer J. Adler, Editor in Chief, who was integral to the university course and the subsequent set of books. Soon, the popularity of the series soared. The series features works from ancient classics to modern masterpieces.
This is Volume 16 of the Britannica Great Books of the Western World, 1977 21st Printing. This volume contains the following: The Almagest by Ptolemy, On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy lV and V. The Harmonies of the World both by Johannes Kepler.
The Almagest is a mathematical/astronomical work on the stars and planets motion. It remains one of the most influential scientific texts in history.
Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is the great work of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, first printed in 1543.
Copernican Astronomy by Kepler is the work of heliocentric theory, setting the sun at the center of the Universe, not in motion, with Earth and the planets orbiting around it.
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